Muralidharan, good posts!
On nalinakanthi, I think ye housla is not in it. Also 'manam virumbuthe' - except for the starting similarity with manavyalakim. There's more nalinakanthi in the start of this song, don't you think:
Also here's a beautiful alapana by Nithyashree from the same movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...7y9RPycQ8#t=79
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